What potential pitfalls should be considered when using cron jobs with PHP?

One potential pitfall when using cron jobs with PHP is that the environment variables may not be set correctly, leading to issues with paths or dependencies. To solve this, you can explicitly set the PATH variable in your cron job command to ensure that PHP can locate the necessary files.

* * * * * PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin php /path/to/your/script.php